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29 April 2013

Question Of The Day #51: Vested Interests

Weekly Theme: Print MediaThe person X in the picture was the first to achieve something very significant in pre-independent India. To support this cause, the person Y along with four lawyers founded Z which is a kind of a trendsetter these days. Identify X, Y, and Z.

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X - Sir T Muthuswamy Iyer, Y - G. Subramania Iyer, Z - The Hindu. Subramania Iyer founded The Hindu along with four Law students, to support the campaign of Sir T. Muthuswamy Iyer for a judgeship at the Madras High Court. Muthuswamy Iyer later became the first native Indian to be appointed as judge of the Madras High Court.

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X- Sir Thiruvarur Muthuswamy Iyer who was the first Indian appointed to the bench of the High Court of Madras in pre-independent India.

Y- G. Subramania Iyer,a school teacher from Tanjore district

Z- The Hindu,which started to support the campaign of Sir T. Muthuswamy Iyer for a judgeship at the Madras High Court and to counterbalance the propaganda against him carried out by the Anglo-Indian press.

Sir Thiruvarur Muthuswamy Iyer, an Indian lawyer who, in 1877, became the first native Indian to be appointed as judge of the Madras High Court.G. Subramania Iyer founded The Hindu weekly along with four law students. The Hindu was started to support the campaign of Sir T. Muthuswamy Iyer for a judgeship at the Madras High Court.X - Sir Thiruvarur Muthuswamy IyerY - G. Subramania IyerZ - The Hindu